The Department of Drug Control arrested two Colombians, a Dutch citizen and a Venezuelan at the Las Americas International Airport yesterday. They had attempted to import significant amounts of heroine and cocaine, according to the department. The Colombians arrived on a Copa flight from Cali, Colombia via Panama. As of yesterday they had expelled 670 grams of heroine of an estimated two kilos of heroine in bags they had swallowed. The Dutch citizen was arrested after arriving on an Aeropostal flight from Caracas, Venezuela. He had two packages of cocaine hidden in the soles of his shoes. He also had 54 bags in his underwear, for a total kilo and 25.5 grams of drugs. The Venezuelan had 60 bags of heroine adhered to his body and more inside his stomach. The drug authorities recovered a 1 kilo and 300 grams.
